{"id":48647,"date":"2013-04-04T11:27:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T19:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=48647"},"modified":"2013-04-04T11:27:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T19:27:19","slug":"converting-to-judaism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=48647","title":{"rendered":"Converting To Judaism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m noticing folks going through the Orthodox conversion to Judaism not only throwing away all their pants and only wearing skirts, covering up tattoos, dropping off Facebook, and severely reducing their social life so as to minimize potential trouble. They would also do well to quit drinking because that lays the groundwork for trouble. One Orthodox rabbi I heard about kicked a guy out of his conversion program because he was tired of hearing this potential Jew complaining about the lack of religious observance by born Jews.<\/p>\n<p>if you want to become Jewish, get along with people and don&#8217;t rock the boat. Be a tranquil classy guy like me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m noticing folks going through the Orthodox conversion to Judaism not only throwing away all their pants and only wearing skirts, covering up tattoos, dropping off Facebook, and severely reducing their social life so as to minimize potential trouble. 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